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McAfee is making significant investments to enable partners to
sell McAfee security solutions to small and mid-size businesses
(SMB). In response to a worldwide opportunity of more than $7
billion[i] for SMB security solutions, McAfee is
launching the SMB Specialization within the McAfee SecurityAlliance
program to enable partners to improve profitability while
addressing the unique needs of SMB customers.

The McAfee SMB Specialization is a
robust program that empowers partners to sell targeted security
solutions to customers with less than 250 employees. By enrolling
in this specialization, partners can offer their customers email,
web, data and endpoint security solutions, with on-premise or
SaaS delivery models. With this new program partners can take
advantage of an enhanced profitability model, a full range of
enablement tools, turnkey marketing programs, and dedicated
resources.

This specialization is supported by the Partner Acceleration Resource Center, a dedicated
online resource center which provides McAfee SMB partners 24/7
access to the information needed by channel partners to more
easily drive new SMB business and expand existing business with
SMB customers:

Panasonic announced the introduction of its next generation High
Definition Visual Communications (HDVC) Systems, which will be
unveiled at InfoComm, June 15 -17 at the Orange County Convention
Center in Orlando, FL at Panasonic Booth #3829 . The two new
models, KX-VC600 and KX-VC300, use low bandwidth to deliver a
stunning Full HD experience with life-like audio and video. The
systems are interoperable with other brands of video conferencing
devices. The currently available KX-VC500 is also interoperable
with other devices through a free software upgrade.

“Panasonic is building upon the success of its ground-breaking
first system, with two models designed to bring high-quality
video conferencing to more businesses,” said Bill Taylor,
President of Panasonic System Networks Company of America.” The
KX-VC600 and KX-VC300 HD Visual Communications systems are
designed to be versatile and practical, with simple set-up and
operation. They are portable and highly efficient, allowing
businesses to conduct productive real-time collaboration while
minimizing the business disruption of travel.”

As the fastest growing collaboration technology, video
conferencing facilitates real-time, face-to-face communications.
Panasonic is leading the way in this powerful HD technology,
enabling businesses to maximize productivity and increase
revenue. The two new cutting-edge Panasonic HDVC systems are easy
to set up and operate and include an array of features that
facilitate outstanding visual and voice communication.

Social Media Adoption Among Small- and Mid-Sized
Businesses Strongest In the Southeast and Great Plains

New survey reveals social media adoption still in its
infancy among businesses

Small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) located in the Great
Plains and Southeast states of the U.S. are embracing social
media at a quicker pace than other areas of the country,
according to a recent survey conducted by Zoomerang Online
Surveys and Polls.

The survey polled more than 500 SMB decision makers on the
adoption of social media for business use and how these social
media profiles are managed.

Of those surveyed, businesses located within Great Plains and
Southeast states are more likely to have branded social media
channels at 30 percent and 28 percent, respectively.
Additionally, decision makers for businesses in the Southeast (28
percent) and Great Plains (22 percent) regions are among the most
active via social media on behalf of their businesses.

“Less-populated areas or cities with a strong small business
presence are relying more and more on cost-effective
mass-communication tools for business news, customer support and
acquisition, as well as networking,” said Alex Terry, General
Manager of Zoomerang. “For people immersed in technology driven
cultures, such as Silicon Valley, this data may come as a
surprise, but I believe they can learn from less-technology
enriched regions.”

Among the regions slower to adopt social media are the Northeast
(New England and New York) and the Mid-Atlantic regions.

Additionally, the survey found that 15 percent of those surveyed
have issued internal social media policies. At the same time,
another 6 percent plan to create a social media employee policy
and 8 percent are evaluating the need for one.

“Considering the recent social media gaffes, businesses need to
proactively evaluate their social media needs and practices,”
Terry said. “For many smaller businesses, a social media policy
may not be required. Instead simple education on the potential
repercussions of ill-informed tweets or updates will deter most
situations.”

Aside from negatively reflecting upon the brand, social media
blunders can significantly hurt brands and have resulted in
employee termination. Of the decision makers surveyed, 6 percent
indicated that they have fired an employee for misuse of social
media.

For more information on the survey and its results, visit
http://www.zoomerang.com/pr-survey-smb-social-media-adoption/.

Cbeyond Brings Innovative IT Services and Communications
To Boston Area Small Businesses

Company Creates More Than 50 Jobs in Boston Area and
Hosts – Ribbon Cutting with Burlington Area Chamber

Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), a leading provider of IT and
communications services to small businesses, today announced its
expansion of services into its 14th market, the Boston
metropolitan area, and created more than 50 jobs at the company’s
new Burlington office.

To celebrate its expansion into Boston, Cbeyond will host a
ribbon cutting with the Burlington Area Chamber of Commerce at
the company’s office on June 21, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
EST. The ribbon cutting will bring together small business
leaders and local elected officials. At the event, Cbeyond
executives and Burlington Area Chamber President and CEO James
Murphy will speak on the importance of growing the local small
business community through technology.

“Growing technology companies, like Cbeyond, land in Burlington
because of the strong business climate and the enormous wealth of
talent in our community,” said Murphy. “The launch of another
technology-based company also ensures the stability of our
recovery through job creation in Burlington—the town where
‘Technology Goes to Work.’”

Cbeyond’s arrival in Burlington provides an option for small
businesses looking for high-quality phone and Internet services
and reasonable prices on the latest communication technologies.
In addition to cloud services, Cbeyond offers more than 30
productivity-enhancing applications such as local and
long-distance voice, broadband Internet, mobile, BlackBerry®,
voicemail, email, Web hosting, fax-to-email, data backup,
file-sharing and virtual private networking.

While mobile phone manufacturers continue to enjoy record demand
(Q1 global sales surged 20%), the combination of increasing
sophistication and the sheer volume of units is presenting
them with unexpected front end challenges.

A quarter of new handsets they’re selling will soon be returned
with problems – but over 60% of these ‘faulty’ phones can be
detected and fixed at the shop or by calling a ‘help line’,
but rarely are.

As a direct consequence, tens of millions of phones pointlessly
enter the repair chain every year – resulting in massive
inconvenience to consumers and inflated costs for
both manufacturers and operators.

To break this wasteful cycle, B2X Care Solutions
(http://www.b2xcare.com) has taken a revolutionary,
high-tech approach. It’s finalising the development of a
‘self-healing’ mobile phone app that quickly and easily
fixes the majority of faults.

“To give customers the ability to ‘self-heal’ their phone is a
unique and revolutionary approach,” said Raul Sfat, VP Sales
at B2X Care Solutions. “Most of the units presented
as broken are usually suffering from software, configuration
and usability problems – issues that our ‘app’ can easily
diagnose and fix.”

“Not only will it greatly reduce servicing costs for
manufacturers, customers will also benefit as they won’t
needlessly have to surrender their much-loved phone. It’s a
win-win situation.”

The second part of B2X’s approach involves supplying browser
software to phone shops and call centres, enabling staff to
accurately troubleshoot and fix front end failures.